The light of this new day is brilliant on the Piedmont’s rolling hills. There is an expression of vitality in this part of our world, of rich green growing forces erupting from our soil. On the pasture below the Bunk House a single young deer stands inviolate, doing as it will. Unmolested. Free. The Hummingbirds […]

There apparently were some decisions released by a court in Washington this week. Reports on the early and late news- the times management does not attempt to regulate what material we have access for viewing- was that there were some emotional responses to them. You can imagine the reaction in the Writers Section at Refuge […]

Amanda was very stern with us this morning. It fit the skies, which had retreated from severe dark booming and bright flashes of lightning to a more gentle but persistent rainfall. The Chairman was in an agitated state over the annual chimney cleaning, a necessary job in the country, but the idea of workmen on […]

(You must look down to the right to see our Ruby Throat. Capturing this image required phone and constant attention- and eight attempts. Photo Socotra). There was controversy that started before the normal Production Meeting of the Writer’s Section of Socotra House LLC this morning. As you may have gathered, Management is under pressure in […]

(The 22-Story House of Soviets in Kaliningrad, formerly Konigsberg) The Very Small Group at the Writer’s Circle did not immediately gravitate to the Fire Ring down the slope from the Bunk House on this first day of Piedmont Summer. The Ring is now unlikely to be used for a few months as the Piedmont’s soggy […]